Search Results: Authors starting with K from Lord Durham Rare Books (IOBA)

1966. No binding & hard cover. Good. Frances Parkinson Keyes was a prolific American biographer and novelist whose novels were set in New England, Louisiana, and Europe. In 1904 she married Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938), a Republican politician who served as Governor of New Hampshire (1917-1919) and as a United States Senator (1919-1937). A convert to Roman Catholicism, she often used Catholic themes in her work.The Frances Parkinson Keyes collection consists of 58 items dating from 1917 to 1968, specifically, 11 letters written by Frances Parkinson Keyes and 2 photos of her. In addition, there are 9 letters written by her husband, Henry (Harry) Wilder Keyes and a composite photo of him with other politicians. Also 35 books.11 Frances Parkinson Keyes letters and 2 photos:11 letters:• ALS to Mrs. Bugdee, 4 March 1927, with envelope, regretting that her ignorance of Mrs. Bugdee's change of address had prevented their meeting. • TLS to T. Brennan, 8 August 1941, replying to his cordial note of… Read More

1945. 1st Edition. Photo. Very Good. Subject(s): William Lyon Mackenzie KingSetting: PortraitDate (approx.): 1945Photographer: Unknown Size (Approx): 8" x 10"Comments: Slightly creased edges and corners.

1947. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. Original 1947 ad for Rt. Hon. William Lyon MacKenzie King Colour Portrait by Yousuf Karsh for Maclean'sPage measures 14" x 10" approx. in good condition. William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG (December 17, 1874 - July 22, 1950) was a Canadian lawyer, economist, university professor, consultant, civil servant, journalist, teacher, and politician. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921, to June 28, 1926; September 25, 1926, to August 6, 1930; and October 23, 1935, to November 15, 1948. With over 21 years in the office, he was the longest-serving Prime Minister in British Commonwealth history. He is commonly known either by his full name or as Mackenzie King. Mackenzie was one of his given names, not part of his surname, but he was never publicly referred to as simply "William King". Friends and family called him by his nickname, "Rex", for his quick temper, and ruthlessness. As a boy his motto was "Help those that cannot help… Read More

Boston: Christian Social Union, office of the Secretary, Diocesan House, 1898. 1st Edition. Self-cover. Good. 18,[8]p., 8vo, original printed wrappers, cover-title, good condition. (Publications of the Christian Social Union. No.53, Sept. 15, 1898) With: Investigation of hours and other conditions in the Mercantile Establishments of Boston, with a Report of the Work of the League from March to November, 1898 / The Consumers' League of Massachusetts.Early Mackenzie King publication on the working hours of women and girls in non-manufacturing establishments in Massachusetts. For 21 years he was Canada's prime minister. He was the longest serving Prime Minister in British Commonwealth history. His decisions during this time contributed significantly to the shaping of Canada and to its development as an influential middle power in world affairs. Term(s) of Office: 1921 - 19261926 - 19301935 - 19481926 - 19301935 - 1948.

Boston: The Horn Book Inc, 1968. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. First edition. 8 x 10-1/2 inches. xvii(1),[1]-295pp.(1). Hardcover with worn dustwrapper with some marks and tears, good condition otherwise. Inside Exlibrary markings on both front paper removed left front inside cover and back end papers with library card affixed, otherwise good condition. Biographies and selected bibliography of artists and authors (A Supplement to Illustrators of Children's Books, 1744-1945 and Illustrators of Children's Books, 1946-1956) With illustrated articles by Marcia Brown, Adrienne Adams, Grace Allen Hogarth and Rumer Godden. Biographies and selected bibliography of artists and authors. Jacket torn at head of spine. Over 452 biographical sketches describe the illustrators active from 1957 to 1966 and introductory essays comment on recent trends.

Montreal: Eben Picken "Witness" Printing House, 1892. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. First edition. 4-3/4 x 7-1/4 inches. (4),[5]-140pp. Original faded red cloth showing very light spotting with inside pages very clean. Near-fine condition. A nice copy. Full title: The Early Bibliography of the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, with Other Information : A Supplemental Chapter of Canadian Archaeology.

1993. Collection of a group 14 items of miscellaneous, ephemera, letters and photographs of Navy ships relating to Canada including HMCS Provider, HMS Ariadne, other Ships and Bou-Mahni Mines Algiers materials. Dates on photos are period dates not we believe when the prints were made.HMCS Provider (2 items):• Typed Letter Signed from R.H. Kirby, CO, dated 3 April 1979• B&W photograph of the Ship's Company, September 1878HMCS Provider was a replenishment oiler and sole ship of her class of first the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces. She was the first Operational Support ship in the RCN and was designed with the capacity for the stowage of fuel, ammunition, supplies, provisions (dry and refrigerated) and replacement helicopters. She was commissioned for the Royal Canadian Navy in 1963, and the largest ship built in Canada to that date. She was built by Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Company Limited of Lauzon, Quebec. The ship was paid off in 1998, sold for scrap and broken up in… Read More

New York: Goupil, Vibert & Co, 1848. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. First edition. Paper Size: 17.25' x 12.25" Image Size: 11" x 7.5" Colour lithograph, with additional hand-colouring, printed by Cattier. Some foxing in outer border and border scuffing in a couple of places, otherwise overall very good condition. NIAGARA FALLS [printed at top]; Drawn from nature by Aug. Kollner [printed below image, left]; New-York & Paris, published by Goupil, Vibert & Co. | 20 | HORSESHOE FALL | (from the Canada side.) | Entered according to act of congress, in the year 1848, by Aug. Kollner, in the clerk's office of the district court for the southern district of New-York. [printed below image, center]; Lith. by Deroy. Printed by Cattier. [printed below image, right] This lovely lithograph of Horseshoe Fall, with Terrapin Tower in the distance at left. Goupil, Vibert & Co. published a set of 54 of Kollner's views of American cities, including eight prints of Niagara. A finely observed view of one of the… Read More

1955. No binding & hard cover. Alfred Kreymborg was an American poet, novelist, playwright, literary editor, and anthologist. The son of a cigar-store owner, he attended public school in Manhattan and became a chess phenomenon by the age of ten. He began writing poetry in his late teens and soon became an active figure in the Greenwich Village literary circles. The first writer to be involved with Alfred Stieglitz's 291 gallery, he joined forces with the avant-garde photographer Man Ray in 1913 to create The Glebe, a Modernist journal. His first book of poetry, Mushrooms: A Book of Free Forms (1916), solidified his reputation as one of the first writers utilizing free verse. By the end of his life at the age of eighty-two, Kreymborg had edited several notable little magazines, written forty books, lectured, taught, and served as associate director of the Federal Radio of the W.P.A., president of the Poetry Society of America, and judge of the Pulitzer prize competition.The collection contains 15… Read More

Various: Various, 1993. No binding. Good. Josef  Škvorecký was an acclaimed Czech-Canadian writer and publisher, who published and supported banned Czech literature during the communist era. The noted scholar and critic George Steiner in his 1994 book has called the Czech-Canadian author Josef Skvorecky ‘one of the major literary figures of our time. He was the recipient of many literary awards and humanitarian honors. Duffell (1922-2017) was a director and writer, known for BBC2 Playhouse (1973), The Avengers (1961), Man in a Suitcase (1967-8), and The Far Pavilions (1984). The correspondence concerns Duffell's unsuccessful attempt to adapt two stories by Škvorecký, "The Swell Season" and "The Bass Saxophone," into a film with the working title "Danny and the High School Gang: The Life and Loves of Danny Smiricky, Amateur Jazz Musician and Would-be Casanova". The collection consists of 20+ items of correspondence (typed letters signed) exchanged between interested parties; and a… Read More